sentimental
adjUK /ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/ · US /ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/
Etymology From sentiment + -al.
1
Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc.
- Are you in sentimental mood? I'll sigh with you.1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert; Arthur Sullivan, composer, […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […], →OCLC:
- Gonna take a Sentimental Journey, Gonna set my heart at ease. Gonna make a Sentimental Journey, to renew old memories.1944, Doris Day, Sentimental Journey:
1 more example
- 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring. Wish I was old and a little sentimental
2
Derived from emotion rather than logical reason.
3
Romantic.
- Antonyms
- unsentimental
- Derived terms
- antisentimental, hypersentimental, nonsentimental, oversentimental, semisentimental, sentimental comedy, sentimentalisation, sentimentalism, sentimentalist, sentimentalistic, sentimentalistically, sentimentality, sentimentalization, sentimentalize, sentimentally, sentimental value, supersentimental, ultrasentimental